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The Washington Post

"While Green is best remembered for his days with the Pittsburgh Steelers - and their two Super Bowl victories over Staubach's Cowboys - he went to college at North Texas State (now just North Texas) in Denton.

That's also where he got his intimidating nickname.

His sophomore year, the Eagles avenged a humiliating loss to Texas Western (now UTEP) with a punishing victory. Because the team wore green, fans chanted, "Go Mean Green! Go Mean Green!" "It was the entire defense," he explained Tuesday, "not Joe."

While most speeches went for laughs, Abner Haynes brought a serious tone by talking about integrating college football in Texas in 1956, also with North Texas State. "